lawyers behaving badly
Texas Lawyers are Ready for Their (Ethics Committee) Close Up
Mary Alice Robbins features the haute couture of lawyer schlock, the YouTube spot, in the Texas Lawyer’s Internet Video Solicitations Need Ad Committee Review, Bar Says. I was planning on taking the opportunity to post a few of my favorites but they’ve scattered like prairie dogs. As of this writing a query against the YouTube […]
CUNY Law: How to Anger your Friends and Alienate People
The folks at the CUNY Law Blog are getting hassled from their alma mater about the name of the blog because the administrators are worried the blog could be ‘misidentified as official communication from CUNY’. They would prefer the blog be named something like CUNY Law Students’ Blog. It’s not an altogether unreasonable request and […]
Plaintiff Moves for an Erection
As hard as it is to believe, this motion was actually argued in an actual court -
New Haven attorney Rob Serafinowicz opened his civil case against former Middlebury First Selectman Edward B. St. John by asking Judge Jane S. Scholl to force St. John to submit to a photograph of his penis, fully aroused.
Who […]
SueEasy, So Easy It Can’t Be Good, Really
From SueEasy.com. Artful use of clip art guys.
I have a feeling SueEasy is joining the ranks of Avvo and OverLawyered in websites lawyers love to hate. The premise is an interesting one. The implementation….. not so much. I would be interested to know if there are any lawyers out there thinking - ‘wow, what a […]
Lise Olsen delves into story behind Judge Kent’s reprimand and transfer
Houston Chronicle investigative reporter Lise Olsen, who made a name for herself reporting on the case of Ruben Cantu, has turned her sights on Federal District Judge Sam Kent in an in-depth article - How far did this federal judge go?
The reprimand issued by the 5th Circuit judicial council which placed Kent on paid leave […]
Chemerinsky’s long, strange trip to UC Irvine
Noted constitutional scholar Erwin Chemerinsky was lured away from the University of Duke Law School to become the inaugural Dean of the newly minted University of California at Irvine School of Law. That is until UC Irvine Chancellor rescinded the offer, citing criticism from conservatives. Apparently there is at least one person who was unaware […]
Those who live by the lawsuit…
Looks like I omitted the most interesting tidbit in my previous post, on O’Quinn being ordered to repay to his former clients part of the fees he received for a lucrative tort settlement. Some of the former clients were represented by none other than Joe “whacha gonna do about it fat boy?” Jamail.
Mary Flood at […]
Professor Richard Alderman on the 54 million dollar pant case
In this Chronicle op-ed Houston Law Professor Richard Alderman points out What the ‘pant rant’ on talk radio misses about lawsuits (archive), advocates for tort reform are pointing to Judge Pearson’s $54 million dollar pant case for all the wrong reasons. The judge tossed this case and Pearson out on his proverbial can.
Jenkens & Gilchrist, Not So Fired Up Anymore (Must See TV)
I hadn’t really thought it worth bothering to mention the recent demise of Dallas firm Jenkens & Gilchrist until I saw this on Google video.
The Wall Street Journal Law Blog chronicled the rise and fall of Jenkens & Gilchrist in which a Chicago partner’s aggressive tax advice eventually lead to of lawsuits by clients […]
Lawyer Advertising
AroundTownHouston Blog asks ‘What kind of lawyer advertises like this?‘ to which the Chicago-based firm of Fetman Garland says:
Goodness. Since I’ve got the song in my head now anyway, I may as well give a plug to fellow maniac Slaid Cleaves ‘Horses & Divorces’ from his Wishbones album:
I met Willie by the still, he was […]